Principal, 2 teachers held for suicide of Class IX girl

  • | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

Pankaj Pant, SHO of Sector 24 police station, said social science teacher Rajiv Sehgal, science teacher Neeraj Anand and Ahlcon principal Dharmendra Goyal were arrested. In a press conference after the the teachers were booked, Ahlcon principal Goyal had said the allegations of harassment were false and Ekisha was marked according to her answer script. They had also claimed she had been deliberately failed in her Class IX science and social science exams.The arrests came soon after the Allahabad high court summoned Noida police chief Ajay Pal Sharma on Tuesday in the case. A case had earlier been registered against them for abetment to suicide and criminal intimidation.On Tuesday night, Ekisha’s father Raghav said he had no information about the arrest of the teachers. NOIDA: The principal and two teachers of Ahlcon Public School in Delhi’s Mayur Vihar were arrested late on Tuesday by Noida police in their investigation into the death of 16-yearold Ekisha Sah, the student who committed suicide in March.Ekisha’s parents had alleged mental and physical harassment by teachers had pushed her to the edge.

NOIDA: The principal and two teachers of Ahlcon Public School in Delhi’s Mayur Vihar were arrested late on Tuesday by Noida police in their investigation into the death of 16-yearold Ekisha Sah, the student who committed suicide in March.Ekisha’s parents had alleged mental and physical harassment by teachers had pushed her to the edge. They had also claimed she had been deliberately failed in her Class IX science and social science exams.The arrests came soon after the Allahabad high court summoned Noida police chief Ajay Pal Sharma on Tuesday in the case. Pankaj Pant, SHO of Sector 24 police station, said social science teacher Rajiv Sehgal, science teacher Neeraj Anand and Ahlcon principal Dharmendra Goyal were arrested. A case had earlier been registered against them for abetment to suicide and criminal intimidation.On Tuesday night, Ekisha’s father Raghav said he had no information about the arrest of the teachers. In a press conference after the the teachers were booked, Ahlcon principal Goyal had said the allegations of harassment were false and Ekisha was marked according to her answer script.

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